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42 Shelby County residents under 20 test positive for COVID-19

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As of September 23, there have been 42 Shelby County residents under 20 years of age who have tested positive for COVID-19, according to numbers being reported to the Illinois Department of Public Health.

There have been 851 residents under 20 in the county who had been tested, meaning that four percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through September 23, there have been 360 confirmed COVID-19 cases and four deaths from the coronavirus in Shelby County.

Illinois gathers all of its COVID-19 data from across the state electronically. The reported cases and deaths will fluctuate as additional info is gathered. Chicago was home to one of the first known cases of COVID-19 in the US, as well as it's transmission.

Test results for the past 10 days in Shelby County
DateTotal TestedTotal PositivePositive %
September 236,7153605.4
September 226,6703525.3
September 216,6283485.3
September 206,5733465.3
September 196,5073455.3
September 186,4663425.3
September 176,3773385.3
September 166,2663325.3
September 156,2083195.1
September 146,1813105.0

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